Imprint from colophon; t.p. gives year only

First edition by Marcolini appeared in October, 1540. Present ed. retains dedication to Ercole d'Este, duke of Ferrara

From initial questions (13 for men, 13 for women, 24 for either) the reader proceeds by drawing cards to 50 pages of virtues, vices, etc. (incorporating allegorical woodcuts), 50 pages of cards arranged in a "via croce," and ultimately to 50 pairs of pages of responses by various philosophers (incorporating woodcut ports.). Both of the pages pertaining to a philosopher bear the same page no., and 7 ports. that were repeated in the 1540 ed. have been replaced by new ones. The philosophers' three-line responses were versified by Lodovico Dolce. See Mortimer

Woodcut t.p. by Giuseppe Porta. It was designed by Porta's master Francesco Salviati. The design of Marcolini's port. on t.p. verso is attributed to Salviati or Titian. It differs from that in ed. of 1540; see Mortimer. Initial with putto, p. 4. Colophon with woodcut border includes Marcolini's device

Signatures: A-2C⁴

Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.

Binding: limp vellum, reused. Three-line ownership stamp on dedication, now nearly obliterated: Museum / Ren..... / ...

157 [i.e. 207], [1] p. : 30 cm. (fol.)

Imprint from colophon; title page gives year only

Woodcut title page by Giuseppe Porta. It was designed by Porta's master Francesco Salviati. The design of Marcolini's port. on t.p. verso is attributed to Salviati or Titian. It differs from that in ed. of 1540; see Mortimer. Initial with putto, p. 4. Colophon with woodcut border includes Marcolini's device

Paged according to text sections, with frequent repetitions; last page of text numbered 157

Includes verse text by Lodovico Dolce

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